Ostyak
Americannoun
noun
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a member of an Ugrian people living in NW Siberia E of the Urals
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the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family: related to Hungarian
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Etymology
Origin of Ostyak
1715–25; < Russian ostyák originally a Khanty, later used for the Samoyedic Selkup, the Ket, and certain Mansi groups < Khanty ās-jax, plural of as-xo one living on the Ob, equivalent to Ās the river Ob + xo man
Example Sentences
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The Ostyak lets no part of his body be uncovered but just his face, and that would freeze, if he were not to rub it often with his hands, covered over with hairy reindeer gloves.
From Far Off by Mortimer, Favell Lee
He is very glad when he can shoot a sable; because the Russian emperor requires every Ostyak to give him yearly, as a tax, the skins of two sables.
From Far Off by Mortimer, Favell Lee
The Ostyak says, that he believes in ONE God who cannot be seen, but he does not worship him alone; he worships other gods.
From Far Off by Mortimer, Favell Lee
The Ostyak wears a great-coat made of the skin of a white deer; this gives him the appearance of a great white bear.
From Far Off by Mortimer, Favell Lee
She wore a veil of thick cloth over her head, as all the Ostyak women do, and as she did not need light, she hid her head completely under it.
From Far Off by Mortimer, Favell Lee
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